SINGAPORE: Fugitive Singapore lawyer Charles Yeo was granted conditional bail by a UK courtroom on Friday (Nov 22) as he awaits an extradition listening to.
As a part of the circumstances, Yeo, 34, shall be positioned on a curfew and have to be at his lodge in central London between midnight and 8am every single day.
Based on courtroom paperwork, he shall be “electronically monitored” throughout his curfew.
Within the UK, this often includes sporting an digital tag and having monitoring tools put in on the place of curfew.
This tag ensures the particular person is on the place of curfew through the set hours. It’ll ship an alert to a monitoring centre if they don’t seem to be.
Yeo will even need to report back to a police station between midday and 2pm each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Bail was set at £75,000 (US$94,000) and the Dwelling Workplace has to verify it has Yeo’s passport earlier than he might be launched on bail.
Based on courtroom paperwork, he should not enter or go to any “worldwide journey hub”, and should not apply for worldwide journey paperwork or be in possession of any.
That is to make sure he seems at his subsequent courtroom listening to in December, the courtroom heard.
Singapore’s Lawyer-Common’s Chambers (AGC) and Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) instructed CNA on Nov 13 that Singapore had despatched a request to the UK looking for Yeo’s extradition.
This was for an offence of abetment of dishonest, by which funds had been launched to his legislation agency that constituted a settlement sum for his shopper’s declare.
Based on UK courtroom paperwork, this purportedly came about between Jul 29, 2020 and Nov 30, 2020.
Yeo was arrested by UK authorities on Nov 4.
